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    New laptop question

    cheers, didn't think it would be much of a problem but i use vista on my desktop and have become addicted to the glass interface so wanted to make sure
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    New laptop question

    Hi All Looking for a laptop to handle stuff while i'm on the move, and just wondering if it's worth getting a discrete GPU The basic GPU is an Intel GMA 4500MHD - the CPU is a 2.0GHz Core2Duo with 3GB Ram, it won't be used for gaming, but for general computing, media and the Aero interface...
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    2GB enough for Vista Premium?

    I've watched Crysis suck up 2.25GB of RAM during the endgame sequence, definitely buy lots of RAM, 4GB is nice, 8GB is probably overkil for most apps but it allows Vista to prefetch a lot of stuff...
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    who here rides a bike?

    yep, when you fall off (and you will, if you don't you're not trying hard enough) the bike sits on three contact points, the axle slider on the front/rear and the handguards that have a solid metal bar running round them, nothing else gets near the floor except the peg that folds back out the...
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    who here rides a bike?

    that's cause it is:D the throttle response is crazy, open the throttle aggressively in 1st/2nd/3rd/4th and the front wheel's airborne, 5th/6th require a small crest but it'll happily lift anytime, it's like riding a BMX bike only a lot lot faster, slipper clutch so sliding it round a go kart...
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    who here rides a bike?

    My Suzuki SV650 Sport My Suzuki DR-Z400SM My KTM 560SMR racing supermoto, 60bhp atw and 114kg wet with a full tank and all it's street gear, 105kg in race trim - mental bike Trading the DRZ and the SV for a Daytona 675 before spring though...
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    Best Heatsink for LGA775 Quad Core??

    ThermalRight Ultre Extreme 120 was the best you could get when i built my rig in November, don't know if anything can match it yet?
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    4GB to 8GB - Worth it?

    i know it's entirely subjective, but i'm sure Fallout 3 doesn't crash as frequently as it did before i added the memory... it used to either CTD or simply freeze once every hour of play or so, with a 6:1 ratio of freezes to CTDs or so since installing it's frozen once, and had about 3 CTD...
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    4GB to 8GB - Worth it?

    Update: Hit >50% usage playing Fallout 3 yesterday, loading times are definintely improved, especially the time it takes from clicking the desktop shortcut to programs actually starting
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    Folding@Home: 24 hour stats - January 10, 2009

    Thanks for the welcome everyone, was wondering if everything was working OK - will hopefully put my 8800 Ultra to some use when i'm not using it...
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    4GB to 8GB - Worth it?

    well, i made good on my threat and bought another 4GB - just installed and started up and apart from my windows experience going from 5.5 to 5.9 not much was different, restarted and now firefox starts instantly, and i mean instantly, under a second to clicking the quick launch icon to having...
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    Is watercooling still better than air cooling?

    i reckon once the amount you spend cooling your computer approaches or exceeds the amount you spent on the computer itself, the process ceases to be engineering and becomes religion;)
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    New i7 build suggestions

    The TRUE on my Q9550 fits just fine in my P182, i have it fitted vertically with one fan on the heatsink and a further two on the rear and top exhausts on the case
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    4GB to 8GB - Worth it?

    Vista x64 runs just fine, as anyone who actually uses it and isn't jumping on the "omg vista is teh ghey" bandwagon that crashed about the time SP1 came out will tell you saying vista must be crap because you notice an improvement when upgrading a component is like saying games are all crap...
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    Did I just fry my motherboard?

    wow, jumping to conclusions there - if you read what i said i never promoted such an action, i actually said it wasn't ethical, make of that what you will...
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    4GB to 8GB - Worth it?

    i might upgrade simply for the fact that DDR2 is cheap now, but in a couple of years when i want more DDR3 may be the standard and DDR2 will be as expensive as regular DDR is now
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    Did I just fry my motherboard?

    back to where you bought it with a note saying dead on arrival... not ethical but financially the best way of going about it..:o Please do not promote fraud, it is violation of the forum guidelines located here Note in rule #4, what the Administrator states concerning the violation of U.S...
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    4GB to 8GB - Worth it?

    all very true and even if it did consume half my ram, that would still leave 2GB free for other things, 2GB is twice what my last computer had in total:D
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    4GB to 8GB - Worth it?

    idle for me includes firefox munching 3-400MB, so it's relative i guess explorer.exe uses ~300MB idle but then you don't buy a ferrari to drive to the shops;)
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    4GB to 8GB - Worth it?

    Vista x64 uses about 40-50% of my 4GB while the computer is idle during the final battle scene in Crysis64 the game took up 2.3GB just by itself and my total usage went up to 95% TBH unless you have lots of things going on while you're gaming you probably won't notice a leap in...
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    Can I put a pci-e 1x sound card in a pci-e 16x slot

    interesting... does the backwards compatability extend to the original PCI slot type? ie: i have a PCI wireless card than i had to move when i installed a new GPU cooler taking up 3 slots, disregarding the x16/x8 issues can it be installed in one of the three PCI-E x16 slots the...
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    audigy 2 and vista 64

    Audigy 2 ZS seems to be fairly happy with Vista x64 here, had a couple of BSOD since installing everything on the new PC but can't pin it to the soundcard and the computer is still settling down
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    Cooling my new box

    Righto, time for another update After re-seating the stock heatsink the temps experienced a slight dip but they gradually crept back up to over 70 idle and 95-100 load, i'd had enough so ordered an AC Accelero Xtreme 8800 to see what it was like The answer is... very good, stable idle...
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    Data Recovery

    that's fine, i don't have a problem with them if that's how they decide to run their trial software, but if you're going to do that then tell people when they're downloading it, if they'd have said that before i ran the trial for 6 hours i might have been more inclined to hand over my hard...
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    Data Recovery

    Well, i let a program run a full scan on my disk, taking about 6 hours, and it found a load of files, but when i ask it to recover you can only do it with the full paid for version.... now if they'd mentioned this when i downloaded the trial i'd have understood, but the only limit it...
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    Data Recovery

    managed to nip home at lunchtime so got a program scanning the disk as i type, 140,000 files found at ~10% scanned hopefully it'll manage to salvage my photos, if i can get them off either disc i won't mind losing the rest, it's replacable but they aren't ordered two replacement 1TB drives...
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    Data Recovery

    Righto, recently built a new computer using some components from the old one, but the problem is with disks: Old setup: 1. 74GB Raptor internal SATA 2. 200GB internal IDE 3. 320GB internal IDE 4. 750GB internal SATA 5. 200GB external IEEE1394 Disks 1 and 4 went into the new computer...
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    Cooling my new box

    well, i got bored over the weekend so decided to dismantle the 8800 and replace the thermal interface paste, which has now knocked the temps back to a slightly more realistic 60 idle <80 load or i can turn all the case fans down so it's less ausible than a whisper and still keep it cool...
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    Which Core 2 Quad

    BIOS v.0704 - 13/06/2008
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    Which Core 2 Quad

    there was one available on the asus website but the notes said to use only if you were experiencing problems, so mine is on the version it came from the factory with will have a look tonight and see which one it is...
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    Cooling my new box

    well. today i got my package of 5 new scythe s-flexs in the mail, and with an additional fan on the front where the top HDD cage sits and the fans installed throughout my GPU idle temp has fallen to 66/67deg on a warm night, and my CPU is down to 33 still work to be done with the GPU i think...
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    Antec P182 / Custom window

    how has removing the sound deadening affected the noise level from the case? i might be tempted with something similar to show off the massve TRUE in my case but quietness takes priority...
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    Which Core 2 Quad

    quick update to anyone wondering what it's like, well, it's fast some rough real world numbers, encoding a full length DivX movie to WMV for my zune took ~90 minutes on the 3500m, now takes ~25 mins on the C2Q, and i can unzip a massive (2GB) rar file at the same time with no apparent loss of...
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    Cooling my new box

    Arctic cooling doesn't have the accelero as being 8800Ultra compatible, is yours passively cooled? even if the accelero did fit my ultra i don't think i'd want to passively cool it and the turbo module isn't going to fit between the PCI cards in my case ideally what i need is a cooler that...
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    Cooling my new box

    Well i've removed the IDE HDD box, cleaned up the wires (what few wires there are in my case, only 2 GPU power connectors and 3 SATA leads) and assigned a custom fan profile so it's just quieter than the case fans when idle and idle temp has dropped to 71deg in similar ambient conditions...
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    [Retired] The LCD Thread

    A minor update after purchasing the LG L227WT and using it for about 10 days now, very happy with the monitor, now it's set up (way too bright out of the box) the colours are vibrant, the response time IS noticeable and there were zero dead pixels in mine If, like me, you're coming from an...
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    Cooling my new box

    Upper HDD bay will be coming out completely once i lose the last IDE drive in my system tomorrow and replace it with a sata in the lower compartment, there's no fan on the front of the chassis in that position but could probably fit one once they're removed. watercooling it would lose the CPU...
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    Cooling my new box

    how can i get better air cooling without sacrificing noise though? as that's the appeal of watercooling is the performance to noise ratio, not outright cooling power i was under the impression the 8800ultra cooler was one of the better stock ones, which cooler for the 8800 will do the...
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    Cooling my new box

    Got my new rig up and for the most part running solidly, some network gremlins seem to have been ironed out and now the worry du jour is the temperatures in the case Hardware config is in my sig, the two upper section fans in the P182 are on low, anything more and they're too noisy, the TRUE...
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    Vista x64 wireless network

    jesus christ vista is annoying!!! i "solved" the first problem by uninstalling then reinstalling the wireless PCI card, and with the aid of a crucifix, garlic and a wooden stake we made it through the first night now this morning i restart and the wireless won't even connect to the...